The National Council of Agricultural Employers will host a webinar focusing on farmworker tax issues. Scheduled to be held July 14 at 11 a.m. Pacific…
Workers at an orchard near Hood River, Oregon, line up for booster shots in April. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower) Related: A shot in the arm…
Oregon workplace regulators have enacted permanent rules to protect laborers from excessive heat and wildfire smoke that take effect June 15 and July 1, respectively.…
A drone at rest in a Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory vineyard in Portland, New York. Cornell researchers deploy various sensors on drones…
From left, Francisco Javier Solorio Negrete, Jonathan Ramos and Gerardo Moran harvest cherries at night on platforms at an Allan Bros. high-density orchard near Mesa,…
Almond trees stand in what was a peach orchard at Britton-Konynenburg Farms in Modesto, California, in August. The multigenerational farm, like others in California, is…
Jose Sainez Flores, an H-2A worker from Mexico, loads a tote of peaches onto a custom-built trailer, pulled by tractor driver Micho Loera, during harvest…
Joe Cotta, manager of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates’ Cold Creek Vineyard in Benton County, Washington, talks about how he’s trying to find the balance between…
Honeycrisp harvest at Mt. Ridge Farms in Adams County, Pennsylvania, in September. New planar growing systems allow for mobile platforms and less labor-intensive ladder work.…
Cornish Apple – Jeff Colombini grows trellised apples above his force row cutouts. He stops irrigating approximately 5 to 6 days earlier than harvest to…